Arthur Leczynski

Arthur Leczynski (16 June 1784-14 September 1877) was a colonel of the French Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Of Polish heritage, he joined the Polish Legions and became a colonel.

Biography
Arthur Leczynski was born in Dijon, France, in 1784 to a family of Polish immigrants who fled to avoid the suppression of Polish independence liberals by the Russian Empire. Leczynski joined the French Army Polish Legions in 1800 and fought in the Napoleonic Wars. In 1812 he was promoted to Colonel of his own regiment of Polish troops and fought in the Russian Campaign and distinguished himself at the Battle of Swiecie.

In the aftermath of the downfall of Napoleon in 1814 Leczynski retired from a military life and became a civilian, selling books. He died in 1877 in Paris in the Hotel des Invalides, a veterans' home.